Transferring contacts from Moto Droid to iPhone

[Ck_iPhone]

Can someone please tell me a quick & easy way to transfer my contacts from my Droid to my iPhone? I think I read that it can be done either with MS Outlook or Google. I made a mistake and let my Droid add all of my FB contacts to my Droid and now my phone contacts has a lot more people than I'd ever call, so I do need to do some clean up when I export. I'm thinking google would be better, because I don't want to sort through my work contacts.

My iPhone is at my local fedex station and should be loaded on the truck shortly... I'm getting excited here!

Any help/advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks!

[TheIllusiveMan]

Your MOTO Droid should auto back up. I have the incredible and it took me forever to figure out. To make sure go to contacts press menu or settings and you'll see the back up option. To transfer to the iPhone there is something called Verizon transfer in the app store. Good luck and enjoy your phone!!

[Ck_iPhone]

I found that synch on my phone and it is auto-synching, but now I can't find the contacts list in Google. Feeling a lil dumb today... Maybe need to look from my PC rather than trying to do everything from my phone.

[AZSALUKI]

if it autosync'd from your contacts then if you go to your my verizon account on a pc, they should all be there. you are actually doing this through verizons backup method. when it auto syncs byt the method mentioned above, i believe it is backing up the contacts to your my verizon account. go there and make sure they are there. if they are then you're ready to download them to your iphone.

[nismos14]

You guys are talking about backup assistant right? Is there an app for BA on the iPhone?

[Ck_iPhone]

The original Moto Droid isn't compatible with backup assistant.  It's supposedly auto synching with Google contacts, but I checked two recently added phone numbers and they weren't included in my Google contacts.  I just downloaded Companion Link to synch with Outlook/Google.  It's the only way I could figure out how to do this.  It's a 14 day free trial.  Since my iPhone is out for Delivery and my Droid has been sold on eBay, I don't see myself needing this app again after today.  Perfect.

[TheIllusiveMan]

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nismos14 wrote:

You guys are talking about backup assistant right? Is there an app for BA on the iPhone?

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There is something similar (from what i've heard) known as verizon contact transfer on the iPhone. On other smart phones I think it is built in or something. Making a universal app however would have probably fixed all the confusion

[AZSALUKI]

backup assistant is eaither built in or available as an app on everything except motorola droid. the iphone has an app that i believe will sync with your my verizon account. i don't think it is actually backup assistan, but it does the job. 

[nismos14]

Thanks everyone for your responses.

[Ck_iPhone]

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AZSALUKI wrote:

backup assistant is eaither built in or available as an app on everything except motorola droid. the iphone has an app that i believe will sync with your my verizon account. i don't think it is actually backup assistan, but it does the job. 

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Any other device and transferring contacts would've been simple.  I will not be missing my Droid one bit!  That was a total pain trying to make sure I had all my contact data...  not to mention the TERRIBLE battery life.  Adios Droid!  

[mattparmely]

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AZSALUKI wrote:

if it autosync'd from your contacts then if you go to your my verizon account on a pc, they should all be there. you are actually doing this through verizons backup method. when it auto syncs byt the method mentioned above, i believe it is backing up the contacts to your my verizon account. go there and make sure they are there. if they are then you're ready to download them to your iphone.

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Is it the "My Verizon" app? I see the transfer app but its only for "back assistant" phones.

[AZSALUKI]

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mattparmely wrote:

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AZSALUKI wrote:

if it autosync'd from your contacts then if you go to your my verizon account on a pc, they should all be there. you are actually doing this through verizons backup method. when it auto syncs byt the method mentioned above, i believe it is backing up the contacts to your my verizon account. go there and make sure they are there. if they are then you're ready to download them to your iphone.

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Is it the "My Verizon" app? I see the transfer app but its only for "back assistant" phones.

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right.....but every phone except the motorola droids have backup assistant. for example...on any other phone backup assistant automatically sends your contants to your "my verizon" online account. so right now, i could go to the verizon website and sign into my verizon account and all of my contacts are there. if you have a motorola droid, you don't have backup assistant.

[mattparmely]

Ya, i knew that. I was asking if the "my verizon" app is the app that someone, I thought you, said is another app we may be able to. I guess not. lol. They have been automatically synced to my gmail...this is gonna be annoying!

[monkey187]

Mine went to my gmail also, i only have one contact with back up assistant.

[ja1234]

I am assuming you have them in google

go here if so Very easy

[pparsons]

Moto Droid 2 has it. I used it this morning so that I could back up my contacts on my iphone

[masonmom1109]

Hi, I have a motorola android X and I have backup assistant on my phone. I actually just switched to an iphone today and i downloaded VZ contact transfer and was able to transfer my contacts from my backup assistant. worked great!!

[masonmom1109]

Not sure why AZSALUKI you think you cant get back up assistant....go to market and you can find it. I have had it on my phone for about 6 months....

[Ck_iPhone]

I had the Droid 1. Made sure my Google contacts were up-to-date. iPhone is all set up & the iTunes set up automatically added in my google contacts.

Posting from my new iPhone. Yay!

[rdwags79]

The quickest way I found was to add your gmail account  under Mail, Contacts, Calendars..the trick being that you need to add it as an exchange account...don't click on the gmail option. Put in your user name and password. Then you need to put m.google.com in as the server.  It will then give you the option to sync your contacts, calendars and mail.  Very easy and they all came across.  If you also have another outlook account or other contacts that you are adding then you add to the Iphone, not replace the contacts.  It is an option that comes up.

Hope this helps.!

[Ann154]

Verizon's Backup Assistant was and is not available for the Motorola DROID (1) and the HTC DROID Eris. It was available for later android phones on Verizon Wireless's network. Either the application was available for download on the Market or it came preloaded with the android phone. However if you checked the Market now, you won't find Verizon's Backup Assistant app on there anymore.